A word or two

about food in Catalonia…

Food is one of the great joys of living in Catalonia, where a long lunch & wine with fresh, local ingredients is an essential part of life

There are food festivals every month. Most popular are calçotadas or special onion BBQs, sea urchins by the sea, olive harvests & hunting wild asparagus & mushrooms

The most famous restaurant in Girona is Celler de Can Roca, regularly voted The best in the world. Allow at least one year to book!

With hundreds of great restaurants to choose from, your hosts try as many as they can in the name of research for you!

We can recommend places to suit every pocket and every taste in country villages or by the sea.

Getting Hands on with Can Torras Classes

We have over 40 years of growing organically

in gardens around the world & enjoy passing on our passion of growing, preparing & eating great foodChoose a 4 hour class with an accompanying meal, either lunch or dinner

A Taste of Catalan Cookery

First take a trip around a local market & choose vegetables & herbs from the Can Torras garden. Next, get hands on & learn to cook your own Catalan specialities, such as unusual paellas, meat & vegetarian dishes or delicious tapes. Time for a drink and enjoy the meal!

First steps in Organic Gardening in the Mediterranean

Learn the secrets of gardening for the environment & great tasting food.Get hands on by planting, picking & composting in the Can Torras gardenHelp to prepare a delicious organic meal

A word or two about Food at Can Torras

breakfasts includes a choice of cereals, juice, fruits, yogurt, breads & homemade jams, with a hot dish changing every day

usually Catalan in style but always inspired by the many places we have visited – Turkey, Morocco, Italy, Costa Rica

evening meals normally include meat but we love to cook vegetarian & vegan dishes. All special diets catered for

Karen is a university trained nutritionist, a chef, and also suffers from some very annoying dietary restrictions herself! She knows exactly how it feels to feel nervous of what is put in front of you at a restaurant. When you dine at Can Torras, you can be sure that everyone in your party will enjoy the meal.

“Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.”

— Ernst F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered